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"Love and Death in Edith Wharton's Fiction examines the struggle between philosophic and scientific notions of love found throughout Wharton's works. The role of death in romantic relationships highlights the central struggle Wharton saw as implicit in the concept of love: the struggle between Darwin's theory of sexual selection and Plato's ideal love of the soul. It was this tension between the romantic notion of soul mates reuniting and the realistic view of sexual selection that became a central focus of romantic relationships in Wharton's works."--Jacket

"Love and Death in Edith Wharton's Fiction examines the struggle between philosophic and scientific notions of love found throughout Wharton's works. The role of death in romantic relationships highlights the central struggle Wharton saw as implicit in the concept of love: the struggle between Darwin's theory of sexual selection and Plato's ideal love of the soul. It was this tension between the romantic notion of soul mates reuniting and the realistic view of sexual selection that became a central focus of romantic relationships in Wharton's works."--Jacket

The "fullness" of love in death -- Love beyond eros in The house of mirth -- Divided love in The fruit of the tree -- A growl of rapture in Ethan Frome -- "Perilous passion" in The reef -- Love for "good" in Summer -- "A philosophic romance" in The glimpses of the moon -- "Beyond the veil" love in Twilight sleep -- The "beyondness of things" in The buccaneers

The "fullness" of love in death -- Love beyond eros in The house of mirth -- Divided love in The fruit of the tree -- A growl of rapture in Ethan Frome -- "Perilous passion" in The reef -- Love for "good" in Summer -- "A philosophic romance" in The glimpses of the moon -- "Beyond the veil" love in Twilight sleep -- The "beyondness of things" in The buccaneers